Towering menace
Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health
Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health
levy upheld: Germany's highest court has rejected a challenge against the government's tax on fossil fuels and electricity. The tax added US $0.04 to the price of a litre of petrol per year. The
rapped for laxity: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has received a sharp reprimand from the Delhi High Court (HC) for failing to ensure the closure of polluting units in the capital. The
Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi s Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all statutory norms
Expert opinion ignored in talks on Jarawa tribe s future
The sugar sector recently faced another setback as a result of a Supreme Court ruling, upholding the right of state governments to determine a sugarcane price that mills are obliged to pay farmers, different from the statutory minimum price (smp), which is fixed by the Centre.
Ex CJI faces contempt case
Victims of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh have suffered a major setback, with the Court of Appeals in London ruling that the British Geological Survey (BGS) is not responsible for their plight.
A failed monsoon brings distress to Kerala; its second longest river, the Bharathapuzha, is virtually dry, and Palakkad district faces the worst drought in its history. Palakkad district is facing one
Who does the water under the ground belong to? Who has the right to exploit it? Are there limits on what can be extracted? Till three months ago, the answers to such questions were simple.
Sand mining continues unabated in Tamil Nadu there are no signs of any let up in the quarrying of river sand in Tamil Nadu. This despite the Madras High Court staying the activity on all sites except the 79 owned by the state government
More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation moud issued a notification making wastewater recycling compulsory in Delhi. But the rules have not been enforced to date, with the capital s implementing agencies s
For two historical water bodies in Hyderabad
Another panchayat s stand endorsed by Kerala HC
Judgement of the Kerala High Court in the case of Perumatty Grama Panchayat vs State of Kerala dated 16/12/2003 (Coca-Cola groundwater exploitation case).
Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated northeast . Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law research Centre, Guwahati, she is constantly discovering how friable these identities are in the face of cons
The commission inquiring into the death of three tribal protesters in police firing in Orissa's Rayagada district seems to have made light of the local people's concern over bauxite mining. Justice P
On October 15, 2003, the Prime Minister PM attended the first meeting of the new all powerful Indian Wildlife Board. He gave a virtuoso performance. In green poetical terms, he said: We need people centred conservation approaches with the participati
The Tokyo High Court has begun hearing a seven-year-old air pollution case that targets the Japanese authorities for putting at risk the health of the capital city's residents by not introducing
Orissa turning into a haven for the hazardous industry